Facebook ‘fact-checkers’ labeled my article ‘false information' - and then admitted they were wrong

Reason’s Robby Soave writes, “There are many Republicans and Democrats who want to scrap Section 230 entirely: President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, Sen. Josh Hawley (R–Mo.), and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) have all denounced the statute's protections for Big Tech companies. Getting rid of Section 230 wouldn't solve the problem of overly aggressive fact-checking and content moderation, though. On the contrary, it could very well exacerbate it. The more liability Facebook is subjected to, the less permissive it is likely to be.

Facebook labelled one of my articles "false information" and threatened to punish @reason because of it. So I contacted the third-party fact checker, Science Feedback. They admitted they screwed up (!) and changed their evaluation. Bizarre.https://t.co/BTuqifokW5

— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) December 29, 2021

But that doesn't mean the status quo is particularly satisfying. It's good that the fact-checker reversed course in my case, but needless to say, Facebook should revisit its formal, contractual relationship with an organization that routinely misquotes the people it scrutinizes.”

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